 The coronavirus crisis has brought an important issue into the consciousness of the people of the UK. That issue is Britain's relationship with China. And that relationship is centred around or essentially defined by one significant thing. Manufacturing. China is the world's leading manufacturer. It produces just about every kind of item imaginable. From computers to shampoo to clothing. Its factories churn out billions of pounds worth of produce every year. That is in turn shipped to all corners of the world. This transformation of China to the status of economic giant has been very rapid. So much construction for example has taken place in China that it used the same amount of concrete over three year period as the United States used in the whole of the 20th century. It produced 28% of global manufacturing output in 2018 accounting for 30% of its total economic output. A nation of over a billion people China is now the second largest economy in the world and is expected by many to overtake the United States as early as 2030. It is in other words a major global power and a major world player that must therefore be taken very seriously. So why is this a concern? Well the answer to that is in two parts. One, the nature of China itself and two its influence in the UK and around the world. The nature of China is very different to what we know and understand in the West. Insular and very ambitious. It has goals to increase its power all over the world and it uses its vast resources to purchase and construct its way to influence. China is a communist state. There is no political opposition to the ruling party and as communism has always been it is totalitarian and oppressive. China does not countenance freedom of speech or religion. The spiritual group Falun Gong has found its members mercilessly persecuted in China. Allegations of murder, disappearance, quote unquote re-education and even the harvesting of organs have been credibly reported from inside China. Its environmental and animal welfare approach is unforgivable. Chinese demands have brought ancient species including tigers and other mammals to the brink of extinction. There are no legal protections for animals, wildlife or the environment in China. It is the largest polluter in the world. Countless deadly pandemics have been sourced from this country but no acknowledgement or compensation ever put forward. This applies to the most recent coronavirus outbreak. It originated in China and we know that the Chinese Communist Party could have prevented its spread but didn't. Instead it silenced people raising alarms and misled the world as to the nature of transmission. It has yet to be held to account for this by the international community. In 2018 Chinese products accounted for 7% of products available in the UK worth more than £42.3 billion. During the coronavirus crisis and despite its role in the transmission of the disease China made millions in sales of protective equipment that should have been available here at home. This must change. We must revert back to our own manufacturing. We must produce our own medications, our own food, our own technology and we must work only with actors of good faith. We will countenance no business relationship with a China that indulges as it so often does in copyright and intellectual property theft. We will countenance no business relationship with a China that abuses workers and engages in an assault on the global environment while life and animal welfare. We will countenance no business relationship with a China that threatens our security or even runs a risk of threatening our security. There will therefore be no business arrangement with China regarding the rollout of 5G technology in the UK. We will instead, like our friends and allies in Australia and New Zealand give our back into the United States and end Huawei's association with the UK's 5G network. Furthermore, the UK does not respond to threats, veiled or otherwise. China's UK ambassador recently warned that Britain will quote bear the consequences of making an enemy of China this apparently by making business decisions that suit our interests. We accept no such rhetoric from China or anyone else. We will decide upon our business arrangements in accordance with the best interests of the British people, not the Chinese Communist Party. Now when I was a child in the 1980s it was a given, we took it for granted that the only way to deal with bullies is to stand up to bullies and the UK will do that always. We will work alongside civilised colleagues all over the world. We will build business relationships that benefit us and our people and we will bow down to nobody. We will stand with our allies including the United States and demand justice and reparation from China for its behaviour around the world. We will recognise and insist that the UN recognise the role of China in world environmental and pollution calamities and demand that they make change. Economic sanctions can and should be placed upon China if it refuses to participate in global trade in a fair and equal way and on an equal footing. We will not be pushed around. Instead we say this. Do not think that the UK can be intimidated in this way. We will not be forced to enter into contracts that do not suit the interests of our people or security. We will not place our data or technology in danger of theft and misuse. China will engage our civilised business partners. They will play by the same rules as everyone else. They will be held to account for their misdeeds and they will never push Britain around. The UK is not without manufacturing options and those options are and will continue to be explored. We will continue to build and support our businesses and our business interests. We will stimulate our economy and make it strong again post-coronavirus. We will do this with or without any business relationship with China.